Bobrick B-6107 Heavy-Duty Shower Curtain Rod

The Bobrick B-6107 comes in 36, 48, 60 and 72 inch lengths, so a standard 60 inch tub alcove takes the B-6107 x 60. The rod spans wall to wall and mounts through square flanges at each end, so pick the length that matches your finished wall-to-wall opening rather than the tub itself.

It's built for that traffic. The rod is Type 304 stainless steel in a satin finish, 20-gauge (1.0mm) wall, 1 inch (25mm) diameter, and it surface mounts on 2-1/2 inch (65mm) square flanges. Type 304 handles the constant humidity of a shower without rusting out, and the 1 inch tube diameter with a 20-gauge wall is the heavy-duty spec rather than the thin residential tube that bends when someone grabs it.

Surface mount at both ends through 2-1/2 inch (65mm) square flanges. Because the flange is only 2-1/2 inches square, the fastener pattern is compact, so it wants solid backing behind the finished wall at each end, blocking, a stud, or masonry anchors in tile over block. This is not a tension rod; it is a fixed-length rod fastened to both walls, so the two flange locations have to be set before the tile goes on if you want the anchors landing in something solid.

Yes. The B-6107 rod is 1 inch (25mm) in diameter, which is the common commercial rod size, so standard shower curtain hooks and rings sized for a 1 inch rod slide on without trouble. Note the rod ships as the rod and flanges only; curtain and hooks are ordered separately.

Solid Type 304 stainless steel with a satin finish, not plated. That matters in a wet room: a plated rod chips and then rusts from the chip out, while satin stainless is the same material through the wall of the tube. Satin also hides water spotting better than polished chrome in a facility where nobody is wiping the rod down.

The B-6107 is supplied in fixed lengths of 36, 48, 60 and 72 inches. For an opening that falls between those, order the next length up and cut the tube to the wall-to-wall dimension before setting the flanges. It's a 20-gauge (1.0mm) stainless tube, so it cuts with a tubing cutter or an abrasive blade; deburr the cut end since it seats inside the flange.

They will. Every length of the B-6107, 36, 48, 60 and 72 inch, is the same Type 304 satin stainless finish with the same 1 inch (25mm) rod diameter and the same 2-1/2 inch (65mm) square flange. Only the span changes, so a building with a mix of tub alcoves and larger stalls ends up with one visual detail at every opening and one spare part on the shelf.

Straight. It's a 1 inch (25mm) diameter tube running wall to wall with a flange at each end. If you're after the extra elbow room inside a tub, you want a curved or bowed rod instead; the B-6107 tracks the plane of the opening.